title: Warfare or partnership: which way for health care?
abstract: There are many voices urging health care organizations to adopt aggressive competitive warfare, but a careful look at the dynamics affecting health care suggests that partnership may be at least as promising a strategy as warfare to promote mission and survival.
authors.affiliation: Health and Hospital Services, Bellevue, WA.
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: MacStravic
mesh_terms: D003159:Community-Institutional Relations; D004465:Economic Competition; D004467:Economics; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D015274:Interdepartmental Relations; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008389:Marketing of Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D014481:United States